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bac horns, some slort, uright one,s٠ and it is not eas ‫"ﺇ‬٩٢ ‫ﻳﺞ‬. »hteher ‫ﺝ‬e
reresent different secies or nerely different sees aa
٦e same secies. ‫ﻡ‬٩

articularly fine, large seal (181, Fig. 16٠

ith a٦ oerall diameter of 2.8 cm, found :‫ﺩ‬

year, shos the so-called "nmaster of ,

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Aimals' grasing to of these long horr‫ﺕ‬

animals, one in each hand. Another (122

Fig. 1), shos a standing figure in a lorn‫ﺕ‬
٠٠ ‫ﻡ‬
sirt, ith a ole across his shoulders, fron

each end of hich hangs the carcass of a

horned a٦imal. Three others shos aris fo
horned

ainnals on

either side

of a tree.

Fig. ١6: 'Masrer of he Aimals' n ie ‫ﻲ‬rf‫&ﺑ‬#
of ٤he

Seal, 18:1. (Scale 2:1) oularity

of the motif, it is temting to as if horned

ainmals, ossibly gaelle or ory, had some secial

significance for the eole of Saar. The animal

bones, as ell as the seals, indicated that the

gaelle, hich aarently lied ild on the island,

layed some role in the economy of the

settlement. Hunting sitll seems to hae been Fig. 1: 'Seal shoing aman
racticed, and may elain the resence of one carrying animals on a ole,
searhead and art of a secoa()
124٠2. (Scale 2:1)

Fig. 18.: Seal ith a man ossibly t is clear from a isual inseciton fo
riding a horse, 2144:١. (Scale 2:1) the seals that at least four different tools
ere used in their decoraiton. To drills
ere used, a tubular drill and a simle
drill. A scoo-lie tool, often usde ofr
deely gouged bodies of the ainmals, and
an incisor, comleted the range. t am
roe ossible to isolate grous of essla
differenitated by the combinaitons of ootsl
emloyed. There is certainly one grou in
hich the incisor is used almost to the e­
clusion of the other three, Seals belonging
to this grou often sho a disitncite bnu
lie roifle. An eamle of ihts eyt sa
found in the first season, shoing a seadet
man holding a an balance (E18:12:).

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